tau Gem b · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

tau Gem b is a gas giant orbiting tau Gem, completing an orbit every 306 days, about 367 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2013 using the radial velocity method.

Host star

Tau Geminorum

Spectral type

K2 III

Temperature

4,388 K

Mass

2.3 M☉

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Radial Velocity Method

Discovery year

2013

Knowledge connections

OrbitsTau Geminorum
Discovered by methodRadial Velocity Method
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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